istissen



Patented Sept. 20, I898.

b. sums.

N.-S. NISSEN.

BUX COVER BRACE AND SUPPORT.

(Appligation filed Sept. 13, 1897.)

(No Mode l.)

UNITE-D -P NT Orricn,

NIs-s; NISSEN, or Rac ne, wisoonstu f" Box-.eovER BR cE: Ann "so P'PosTg 'srnorrronrron forrning part of Letters Patent. n 611,018, dated September 20, 1898.

,Application filed September 13,1897. Serial nastnieo. (Nomodclo Ton/ll whom, it may concern/.- 7 7 Be it known that I, NIs S. NISSEN, a citizen of-the United States, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wiscon 5 .sin, have invented certain new and useful -Improvements in BoX-GoverBraces and Sup ports; and I do hereby declare thatthe-fole lowing is a full, clear, and' exact description thereof. 16 My invention relates to devices for sustain ing the covers of boxes, particularly cigarboXes, in an open position and for relievingthe strain incident to the handling of said boxes in such condition; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction of the device employed by me for this purpose, as will. be folly set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed;-

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one corner of a cigar-boxwithmy inrproved device attached thereto. Figs, 2am 3 are perspective views ofx ny said device; Fig is a plan View of the blank from which ---Inyideyice-is made... 7' .1 Th: fisp'ecial object of my present invention -is to-proyide a device that will braceand strengthen the connection between the boxand its cover and enable thelatter to be opened to'practi'cal'ly its full exteritg-so as to lie back 3 nearlyflat, and hence sothat the usual num fber'ol boxes of cigars may'be'exposed in an ordi'nary show-case and with the covers of saidboxes open and visible from the top and front of the case, and so that any box may be lifted v by its cover by the hand of the dealer and carried overthe other boxes in the case in the ordinary nian-ner without disturbing said other boxes and without the danger of the weight of the cigars in the box causing the; 0 cover to break off.-

' A further object of my saidinvention is to r box, the cover C.israised and the deviceenable 'thesaid brace to always remain in; place without any manipulation or adjustment, whether the box is open or closed, until the' cigars arev all removed from said box, un-

disturbed by the opening or closing of said cover, whereby the said device is equally well adapted to be appliedto boxes in-private 3 houses or elsewhere, which boxes are kept so closed except when one or inorecigars are to betaken therefrom.

" Rcferring o the drawings, A represents the said box,- and O the cover, thelatter being so? cured tosaid backin the ordinary way by the .end' of anordinary cigar-box, H the back of the usual pasted 'hinge",=of paper or other thin fab I ric. cover it not infrequently. h-appens'.tl1at this In handing about a box of cigars by the pasted hinge gives way and the'heavy box falls tothefloor, .thus'destroying or injnryi'ng the contents. To guard against this and at the -same time to enable the box-co ver. to be opened back nearly flat and closed at will without any manipulation oi the :strength'enin g-brace, I have constructed the latter as shown in the accompanying drawings, theinner-side of the brace being shown in-Fig. 2and the outer-side being shown iniFigs. 1 and 3, sai'd vieWsshowing'thobrace I); attached and detached, re- 1 specti'vely. Thebracc Dis preferably stamped or otherwise formed out of a single thin piece .of shce't metal -such as brass irOn, 0i tin v :plate- -and is entirely. flat with-the'cxcep- .tionof the inturned slightly-oblique edge a,

ff'ormingthe support of the coyer Qand.

the inturned vertical strip I and corresponding outturned vertical. strip 0. lhese strips are formed by making a vertical cut in'.the blank shown in Fig. 41-011 the central vortical line-cl e and'a horizontal cut on the hori mental linefg and then bending thevv strip 1) constructing my device in this mannerthere is practically no waste of material and a great number of these braces may be formed from asingle sheet of metal.

When my device is to be applicdto acigarslipped toplacc .inthcrcar right-hand corner of the box, withthcbacl; of the box received in the vertical open slot between the strips 5' and c, the outer face of the brace D coming against the inner surface, of the end piece A of thebo'r; and the 'inner'iace of. the strip b being against the inner surface of the back ll of the box, while-the inner face of the strip 0 is against the rear outer edge of theend piece .A and the supporting edge a beneath the cover all as indicated by the nerspeetiue viewFig; 1.7 .Wlie'n my device .isapplie'd in this manner, (which'can be very quickly done-- and without disturbing the cigars in the box,) the cover O can' be; closed at any time; and again op'ened without handling or moving'the brace D, and this is a, great advzmtager' -If it is desired to support the "cover at: aunore elevated angle, of course this can be done by raising the brace D; but one ofthe chief advantages of ;my device lies in enabling the cover to open back nearly flat, alUlllQl'lCQllhG brace would not need. to be disturbed after its first adjustment until the box'isjzc npty,

when it can be uickly ren'ioxfed'zind applied to auotherbox. V I

l'laving thus. described iny invention, what Iclaiin as new, and dean-m0 secure Better-s,

log a plate having a slotted lower portion for .en agem'ent with the vertical wall-sofa box, am an outwardlyrprojecting upper, 1 .To1 rtio n' bent inwardly-at itsloWer ed go. onl ygxvh'ereby tli cover ofthe box may be opened out, and

Supported on said bent edge, and closed independently of manipulation or movement of said cover-support.

1'. A-boX-eov'er brace and support, con'ipris 2; ,Abox eoverbraccarid support, comprising'a sheet-metal plate having a verticallyslotted lower portion, with strips of the metal bent in opposite directions 'on each side of said sleigand an outwardlyaproj eating u pper 'portion liax'ing its lower edge bent inyardly,

on'a slightly-oblique upward line, the said plate being otherwise all in'the same plane.

A box-coverbraee and support, eonl'pr-i'smg a flat metal F -sl1aped platchaviug a vertical slot in itsuprightportion, with theedges- OlI llllOIflILlO at eachside of said slot bent in opposite direetions,.a'n;l with the-lower edge only of the horizontal portion bentinwardly toforin a support, whereby wlien-the is in' place upon aboar; thezcover of the latten may be opened .0 u t a nd' s11 p portedpn-th'e; said sijipport, or close(.i, without manipulation: or

disturbance or positiou'of saidgbr-aceff In testimony that-I claim the foregoing" 'I 

